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When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi. <a href="/nlt/judges/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> So God caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived as he drank. Then he named that place “The Spring of the One Who Cried Out,” and it is still in Lehi to this day. <a href="/esv/judges/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> And God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out from it. And when he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore; it is at Lehi to this day. <a href="/bsb/judges/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day. <a href="/kjv/judges/15.htm">King James Bible</a> But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. <a href="/nkjv/judges/15.htm">New King James Version</a> So God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out, and he drank; and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/nasb_/judges/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/nasb/judges/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/nasb77/judges/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore, he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/lsb/judges/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So God split the hollow place that is in Lehi and water came out of it. Then he drank, and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/amp/judges/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So God split open the hollow place that was at Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his spirit (strength) returned and he was revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore (spring which is calling), which is at Lehi to this day. <a href="/csb/judges/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So God split a hollow place in the ground at Lehi, and water came out of it. After Samson drank, his strength returned, and he revived. That is why he named it Hakkore Spring, which is still in Lehi today. <a href="/hcsb/judges/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So God split a hollow place in the ground at Lehi, and water came out of it. After Samson drank, his strength returned, and he revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/asv/judges/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day. <a href="/cev/judges/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Samson was tired and weary, but God sent water gushing from a rock. Samson drank some and felt strong again. Samson named the place Caller Spring, because he had called out to God for help. The spring is still there at Jawbone. <a href="/erv/judges/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day. <a href="/gwt/judges/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So God split open the hollow place at Lehi, and water gushed out. Samson drank some water. Then he was refreshed and revived. So he called the place En Hakkore [Spring of the One Who Calls Out]. It is still there at Lehi today. <a href="/gnt/judges/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then God opened a hollow place in the ground there at Lehi, and water came out of it. Samson drank it and began to feel much better. So the spring was named Hakkore; it is still there at Lehi. <a href="/isv/judges/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> So God split a hollow place that's in Lehi, and water sprang out of it. After he had taken a drink, his strength returned, and he revived. That's why it was named "En-hakkore," which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/msb/judges/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day. <a href="/net/judges/15.htm">NET Bible</a> So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day. <a href="/nheb/judges/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And God split the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day. <a href="/wbt/judges/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But God cleaved a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of it; and when he had drank, his spirit came again, and he revived. Wherefore he called the name of it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. <a href="/web/judges/15.htm">World English Bible</a> But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And God cleaves the hollow place which [is] in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinks, and his spirit comes back, and he revives; therefore [one] has called its name “The fountain of him who is calling,” which [is] in Lehi to this day. <a href="/ylt/judges/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And God cleaveth the hollow place which is in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath one called its name 'The fountain of him who is calling,' which is in Lehi unto this day. <a href="/slt/judges/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And God will rend the socket which is in the jaw-bone, and waters will come forth from it; and he will drink, and his spirit will turn back, and he will live. For this he called its name, the Fountain of him Calling, which is in Lehi even to this day.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Then the Lord opened a great tooth in the jaw of the ass, and waters issued out of it. And when he had drank them he refreshed his spirit, and recovered his strength. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Spring of him that invoked from the jawbone, until this present day. <a href="/cpdv/judges/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so the Lord opened a large tooth in the jawbone of the donkey, and water went out from it. And having drank it, his spirit was revived, and he recovered his strength. For this reason, the name of that place was called ‘the Spring called forth from the jawbone,’ even to the present day. <a href="/nabre/judges/15.htm">New American Bible</a> Then God split the cavity in Lehi, and water issued from it, and Samson drank till his spirit returned and he revived. Hence it is called En-hakkore in Lehi to this day. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So God split open the hollow place that is at Lehi, and water came from it. When he drank, his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore it was named En-hakkore, which is at Lehi to this day.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the LORD God opened the hollow place that was in the jawbone of the ass, and there came water from it; and when he had drunk, his spirit returned and he revived; therefore he called the name of that place En-karna di paka di khmara, to this day. <a href="/hpbt/judges/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH God pierced the mouth opening of the jaw of the donkey, and waters went out from it and he drank, and his spirit returned, therefore the name of that country is called Ayn Qarna d’Paaka d’Khamra –“The spring of the corner of the donkey’s jaw” until today<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> But God cleaved the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came back, and he revived; wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. <a href="/sep/judges/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And God broke open a hollow place in the jaw, and there came thence water, and he drank; and his spirit returned and he revived: therefore the name of the fountain was called ?The well of the invoker,' which is in Lechi, until this day. <a href="/parallel/judges/15-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=4661" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/15.htm">Samson's Revenge</a> …18And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” 19<a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">So God</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: way·yiḇ·qa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">opened up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4388.htm" title="4388: ham·maḵ·têš (Art:: N-ms) -- Mortar. From kathash; a mortar; by analogy, a socket.">the hollow place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3895.htm" title="3895: bal·le·ḥî (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Jaw, cheek. From an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek; hence, the jaw-bone.">in Lehi,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">and water</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">came out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">of it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: way·yê·šət (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">When Samson drank,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·ḥōw (N-csc:: 3ms) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">his strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wat·tā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">returned,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: way·ye·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">and he was revived.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">That is why</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qā·rā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">he named it</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5875.htm" title="5875: ‘ênFrom ayin and the active participle of qara'; fountain of One calling; En-hak-Kore, a place near Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5875.htm" title="5875: haq·qō·w·rê (N-proper-fs) -- From ayin and the active participle of qara'; fountain of One calling; En-hak-Kore, a place near Palestine.">En-hakkore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">and it remains</a> <a href="/hebrew/3896.htm" title="3896: bal·le·ḥî (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A place probably in Judah. A form of lchiy; Lechi, a place in Palestine.">in Lehi</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.</a> 20And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a> Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. <a href="/numbers/20-11.htm">Numbers 20:11</a> Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink. <a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Isaiah 41:17-18</a> The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. / I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs. <a href="/psalms/78-15.htm">Psalm 78:15-16</a> He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. / He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. <a href="/psalms/105-41.htm">Psalm 105:41</a> He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-4.htm">1 Corinthians 10:4</a> and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. <a href="/john/4-10.htm">John 4:10-14</a> Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” / “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water? / Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” ... <a href="/john/7-37.htm">John 7:37-39</a> On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified. <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm">Revelation 22:1</a> Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a> The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely. <a href="/isaiah/12-3.htm">Isaiah 12:3</a> With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, <a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a> “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a> “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water. <a href="/jeremiah/17-13.htm">Jeremiah 17:13</a> O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But God split an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of there; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: why he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.the jaw.<a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a> For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:his spirit.<a href="/genesis/45-27.htm">Genesis 45:27</a> And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:<a href="/1_samuel/30-12.htm">1 Samuel 30:12</a> And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.<a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Isaiah 40:26</a> Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.En-hakkore.<a href="/isaiah/41-17.htm">Isaiah 41:17,18</a> When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them… <a href="/genesis/16-13.htm">Genesis 16:13</a> And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?<a href="/genesis/22-14.htm">Genesis 22:14</a> And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.<a href="/genesis/28-19.htm">Genesis 28:19</a> And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Clave</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Cleaved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-42.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/joshua/21-29.htm">En</a> <a href="/numbers/25-8.htm">Hollow</a> <a href="/judges/15-16.htm">Jaw</a> <a href="/judges/15-17.htm">Lehi</a> <a href="/judges/11-36.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/45-27.htm">Revived</a> <a href="/judges/15-16.htm">Samson</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Split</a> <a href="/judges/8-28.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/judges/14-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-2.htm">Thereout</a> <a href="/judges/15-18.htm">Water</a> <a href="/judges/13-18.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Clave</a> <a href="/ruth/1-14.htm">Cleaved</a> <a href="/ruth/3-7.htm">Drunk</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-29.htm">En</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm">Hollow</a> <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Jaw</a> <a href="/judges/15-9.htm">Lehi</a> <a href="/judges/19-27.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-12.htm">Revived</a> <a href="/judges/15-20.htm">Samson</a> <a href="/judges/18-25.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-14.htm">Split</a> <a href="/judges/16-5.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-2.htm">Thereout</a> <a href="/ruth/2-9.htm">Water</a> <a href="/judges/18-12.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 15</div>1. <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Samson is denied his wife</a> 3. <a href="/judges/15-3.htm">He burns the Philistines' corn with foxes and firebrands</a> 6. <a href="/judges/15-6.htm">His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines</a> 8. <a href="/judges/15-8.htm">Samson smites them hip and thigh</a> 9. <a href="/judges/15-9.htm">He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines</a> 14. <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">He kills them with a jawbone</a> 18. <a href="/judges/15-18.htm">God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for God here is "Elohim," which emphasizes God's power and sovereignty. This sets the stage for understanding that the events to follow are not mere coincidences but acts of divine will. In the context of Judges, where Israel repeatedly falls into sin and cries out for deliverance, this highlights God's faithfulness and mercy despite human failure.split open The Hebrew root for "split open" is "bāqa'," which conveys a forceful action, often used in the context of miraculous events. This word choice underscores the supernatural nature of the event, reminiscent of God parting the Red Sea in Exodus. It signifies God's ability to provide and make a way where there seems to be none, reinforcing His role as a provider and sustainer.the hollow place in Lehi "Lehi" means "jawbone" in Hebrew, and it is significant as the site of Samson's victory over the Philistines with a donkey's jawbone. The "hollow place" suggests a natural depression or cavity, which God uses to bring forth water. This location, associated with a previous victory, becomes a place of sustenance and renewal, symbolizing how God can transform places of conflict into sources of life.and water came out of it Water, in biblical symbolism, often represents life, cleansing, and the Holy Spirit. The provision of water from the rock is reminiscent of Moses striking the rock in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a>), highlighting God's continuous provision for His people. This miracle serves as a physical manifestation of God's care and a reminder of His ability to meet our needs in the most unexpected ways.When Samson drank Samson's act of drinking signifies acceptance and reliance on God's provision. It is a moment of humility and dependence, acknowledging that his strength and survival come from God alone. This act can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual renewal, where believers are invited to "drink" from the living water that Christ offers (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>).his strength returned and he revived The restoration of Samson's strength is both physical and symbolic. The Hebrew word for "revived" is "ḥāyāh," meaning to live or to be restored to life. This revival is a testament to God's power to restore and renew, even when we are at our weakest. It serves as an encouragement that God can rejuvenate our spirits and empower us for His purposes.That is why he named it En-hakkore "En-hakkore" means "Spring of the Caller" in Hebrew. Naming the place serves as a memorial to God's provision and Samson's prayer. It is a testament to the power of calling upon God in times of need and His faithfulness to respond. This name serves as a lasting reminder of the relationship between God and His people, where He hears and answers their cries.and it remains in Lehi to this day The phrase "to this day" indicates the lasting impact of God's intervention. It suggests that the site became a landmark of divine faithfulness, a tangible reminder for future generations of God's miraculous provision. This enduring presence serves as a call to remember and trust in God's unchanging nature and His ability to provide for His people throughout history.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Clave an hollow place that was in the jaw.--Rather, the (fountain called the) "socket," which is in Lehi. The notion that God made a miraculous fountain in one of the tooth-sockets of the jawbone of the ass is one of the childish misinterpretations with which Scripture exegesis is constantly defaced. Lehi is here the name of the place, and if the fountain is said to have sprung up in Hammaktesh, "the tooth-socket" (Vulg., molarem), that is only due to the play on words which characterises the narrative. When the cliff had got the name of "Jawbone," the spring would naturally be called a "tooth-socket." The word maktesh properly means "a mortar" (Greek, holmiskos; Lat., mortariolum) (<a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm" title="Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.">Proverbs 27:22</a>), and this name was transferred to the sockets of teeth. We find another place with the same name in <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm" title="Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.">Zephaniah 1:11</a>. Milton understood the passage rightly:--"God, who caused a fountain at thy prayerFrom the dry ground to spring thy thirst to allay."For similar instances in the Bible, see <a href="/genesis/21-19.htm" title="And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.">Genesis 21:19</a> (Hagar); <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm" title="Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.">Exodus 17:6</a> (the smitten rock); <a href="/context/isaiah/41-17.htm" title="When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.">Isaiah 41:17-18</a> ("When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys . . . I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water"). Josephus says that God caused to spring up for Samson "a plentiful fountain of sweet water at a certain rock." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - But (or, and) God clave, etc. Cf. <a href="/exodus/17-6.htm">Exodus 17:6</a>; <a href="/numbers/20-8.htm">Numbers 20:8, 11</a>. The A.V. (as the Septuagint and Vulgate seem to have done, and Luther and others) has quite misconceived the statement in the text, as if God had cloven a hollow place in the jawbone, and brought out the water thence; whereas the statement is quite clear that God clave the hollow place which is in Lehi (hal-Lehi, ver. 9, note), and that a spring of water came out, to which Samson gave the name En-hakkorch, the spring of him that called upon God, which name continued till the time of the writer. The spring apparently continued till the time of St. Jerome, and of other later writers, in the seventh, twelfth, and fourteenth centuries; but Robinson was unable to identify it with any certainty ('B.R.,' 2:64). The word translated the (not a) hollow place (ham-maktesh) means a mortar; also the cavity in the jaw from which the molar teeth grow. The hollow ground from which the spring rose, with which Samson quenched his thirst, from its shape and from the connection with hal-Lechi (the jawbone) was called hammaktech. In <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11</a> it is also a proper name, apparently of some spot near Jerusalem. The name thereof, i.e. of the fountain, with which thereof, which is in the feminine gender, agrees. Which is in Lehi unto this day. This punctuation does not agree with the Hebrew accents, which put a strong stop after Lehi. The Hebrew accents rather convey the sense that the name En-kakkoreh continued to be the name of the well unto the day of the writer. <a href="/commentaries/judges/15-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So God אֱלֹהִ֜ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative opened up וַיִּבְקַ֨ע (way·yiḇ·qa‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open the hollow place הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ (ham·maḵ·têš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4388.htm">Strong's 4388: </a> A mortar, a socket in Lehi, בַּלֶּ֔חִי (bal·le·ḥî) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3896.htm">Strong's 3896: </a> Lehi -- a place probably in Judah and water מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> Water, juice, urine, semen came out וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (way·yê·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim of it. מִמֶּ֤נּוּ (mim·men·nū) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of When Samson drank, וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּ (way·yê·šət) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe his strength רוּח֖וֹ (rū·ḥōw) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit returned, וַתָּ֥שָׁב (wat·tā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again and he was revived. וַיֶּ֑חִי (way·ye·ḥî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive That is why עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against he named it קָרָ֣א (qā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read En-hakkore, הַקּוֹרֵא֙ (haq·qō·w·rê) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5875.htm">Strong's 5875: </a> En-hakkore -- 'spring of the one calling', location of a miraculous spring and it remains אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that in Lehi בַּלֶּ֗חִי (bal·le·ḥî) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3895.htm">Strong's 3895: </a> The cheek, the jaw-bone to עַ֖ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while this הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that day. הַיּ֥וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/15-19.htm">Judges 15:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/15-19.htm">OT History: Judges 15:19 But God split the hollow place that (Jd Judg. 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